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Hi mariefaye21. Hopefully this forum will help support you now that you have found it. Sorry we all have to deal with this horrible disease. Do you have help at home with your husband. Sounds like you need it now. Wishing you the best. ♥

Hi Mariasb....lets keep in touch! I just read and answered your post. I'll be interested in your visit to U of M too. ♥

Hi Mariasb, My husband started with the slurred speech, then arm and leg weakness. He is still getting around on his own so far. He chokes now and then on his saliva and when he takes his pills but not on food yet. He lost 25 pounds in six months, he has emotional incontinence whereas he cries...

Hi Poppie....I told my husband that I was going to tell the children after he received his diagnosis and was he going to share this with his friends. He said not yet...he hadn't decided what to say. When the kids wrote back to me (they are scattered all over the US) or called I would tell them...

mich5.... we are going to U of M this Thursday for reevaluation so hoping to get more info there. We already have gathered everything my husband needs to apply for VA disability which is something we hadn't known about before. Even though my huisband was just diagnosed in Mar. this year I had...

Hi poppie...........since we are in the same "boat" I wondered if you would like to be friends with me and maybe we could share our experiences together since our husbands have been diagnosed recently, yours in Feb. and mine in Mar. What do you think? I don't really know how this messagiing...

mich5...my husband is in denial right now so I doubt we will be visiting the places you mentioned but I do appreciate your telling me about them for the future. We are 5 hrs from there so I doubt we will be making the trip again. thanks for your post.

My husband is newly diagnosed but is in denial and says he doesn't have ALS and our family doctor says that denial can be a good thing. I'm not sure I agree but if it helps him get through it easier somehow then what can I say. I know I will be where you are some day and I appreciate...

My husband was recently diagnosed and we told everyone we knew right away. It is wonderful to know that people care and offer their support. sometimes it is hard for someone to respond to learning about this disease but most friends and family have responded and are keeping in touch and...

My husband was diagnosed 3 months ago and his symptoms began with slurred speech a year ago and has progressed to limb weakness and choking on his saliva etc. but not food yet. His Neurologist diagnosed him even before he did the nerve conduction testing. However we are going to the U. of...